Jonathan Grant @Brambleman In 2016, four of Georgia’s 10 Republican members of Congress ran unopposed in the November general election, and the rest faced only token opposition. How bad was it? We were lucky if our Democratic candidate had a Facebook page. In my district, the Infamous Sixth, there was debate over whether or not Tom Price’s opponent, Rodney Stooksbury, even existed. Not only that, but a statewide Public Service Commission seat went unchalleged by Dems. That’s changing, though. The other great, good news for 2018: Democrats in all 14 of Georgia’s Congressional Districts have announced that they’re running. Many candidates: 25 so far. Since it’s important to know stuff and network, I’m building a list of Twitter handles for Georgia’s Democratic…

Following a tied race, a random drawing gives Republicans control of the Virginia legislature. From the Washington Post: RICHMOND — A Virginia elections official reached into an artsy stoneware bowl, pulled out a name and declared Republican David Yancey the winner of a House of Delegates race that could determine which political party controls the chamber. Virginia staged a dramatic, rare election lottery, livestreamed across the country, to settle a tie between Yancey, an incumbent from Newport News, and Democrat Shelly Simonds. The spectacle drew national attention as an odd way to decide a highly consequential contest. But it might not be the last word in a saga that’s taken more turns than the clay that went into that wheel-thrown bowl, borrowed…

Remember yesterday? Excerpts from Fire and Fury, reporter Michael Wolff’s inside account of the Trump Administration’s first year dominated the news with former White House strategist Steve Bannon’s claim that Team Trump committed treason by meeting with Russians to dig up dirt on Hillary Clinton. Trump struck back, of course, because that’s what he does. Well, welcome to today. The White House is in meltdown. Many people are saying that our President is losing it, or has already lost it. Staffers’ personal cellphones are banned; Donald Trump has lawyered up against Bannon and now, it appears, Wolff. And … here comes another blow, via The Hollywood Reporter. “You Can’t Make This S— Up”: My Year Inside Trump’s Insane White House Wolff writes: The…

The editors didn’t like right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos’s Milo ‘s book much, and it shows in the comments. The manuscript, with all those editor’s marks, was filed as evidence by Simon and Schuster to prove that Milo’s autobiography, Dangerous, was unpublishable. In July, Yiannopoulos self-published “Dangerous” and then sued Simon & Schuster for $10 million for canceling the book. Since then, the two parties have been battling things out in a New York State court. It’s quite bad. Here’s one take in the Washington Post. And what’s a pile-on without hearing from HuffPost? This entire paragraph is just repeating Fake News,” Ivers noted alongside a bizarre section on witchcraft, blood, semen and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. “This is what people say about you,” Ivers said next…